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explained social facilitation by noting that a conflict occurs between paying attention to others and paying attention to the task at hand.They named this explanation

A) evaluation apprehension.
B) social distortion.
C) driven by distraction.
D) deindividuation.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Triplett conducted one of social psychology's first laboratory experiments by asking children to wind string on a fishing reel.The results of the study indicated that there was a _______ relationship between the speed at which the children wound the reel and the presence of other children.

A) positive
B) negative
C) neutral
D) curvilinear

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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_______ refers to the strengthening of dominant responses in the presence of others.

You have noticed that when you are at the gym,your exercise routine is not affected by how may other people are there.However,it is affected when other people are watching you exercise.This pattern in your behavior is what social psychologists call

Because of the relationship between crowding and arousal,you are likely to _______ on a difficult exam in a densely packed classroom.

How does crowding impact social facilitation?

found that when good pool players were observed,they did _______ than when they did not know they were being observed.

The tendency for people to perform simple or well-learned tasks better when others are present is the original meaning of

On exam day,a student you do not know sits near you.This person is best described as a(n)

Triplett conducted one of social psychology's first laboratory experiments by asking children to wind string on a fishing reel.The results of the study indicated that there was a positive relationship between the speed at which the children wound the reel and the presence of other children.Later studies found the same pattern and dubbed it

The larger the crowd,the _______ a person tends to be _______.

Increased arousal enhances performance

Explain the role of evaluation apprehension in social facilitation.

The concern for how others are evaluating us is called

The increased number of office buildings with large open spaces rather than private offices is an example of how social facilitation research has

According to the social facilitation effect,social psychologists can accurately predict that athletes will perform _______ with a large audience.